
Artan
SHABANI
Born in 1969
Profile & Bio
Artan Shabani was born in Vlora, Albania. He currently lives between Tirana and Turin. He moved to Italy In 1991, then traveled to France and Spain, constantly working on various artistic projects. Shabani is the founder of the “Promenade Gallery” in Vlora (2007), and one of the founders of the Albanian Gallery of Arts, a private foundation.

Solo Exhibitions /Group Exhibitions /
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2014 “Atlas”, Beyoğlu Municipal Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2012 “Your Only Real Thing Is Time”, The Promenade Gallery & PIA Residential Area, Vlorë, Albania 2010 ''Talking About'', La Générale en Manufacture Sèvres, Paris, France “The Beatles Yeah! Yeah!”, Alexander Alvarez Gallery, Alessandria, Italy 2009 Works on Paper, Promenade Gallery, Vlora, Albania 2008 “Foreigners, ma non troppo”, Mavi Kum Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey “The labyrinth of memory”, Salone del Ghetto, Chieri, Torino, Italy 2007 “Discourses in Painting”, Galeria Jozef, Durrës, Albania 2006 “Visage d’Albanie, BPS Suisse, Commission Nationale Monègasque pour l'UNESCO. Monte Carlo “Delfi dorme e dove risuona il grande destino”, Galleria Mikro, Torino, Italy “Balkan Metamorphosis”, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj, San Martino al Cimino, Viterbo, Italy 2005 “Visioni di Confine”, Galleria Koiné, Scicli, Ragusa, Italy Villa Caruso Bellosguardo, Lastra a Signa, Firenze, Italy “Via Egnatia”, National Automobile Museum of Italy, Torino, Italy 2004 “Constructed Realities”, Palace of European Councils, Strasbourg, France Palazzo del Capitano, Bagno di Romagna, Italy “L'acqua dei Balcani é nel mare di Venezia”, Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venezia, Italy “Sguardo ad Est”, Palazzo Salmatoris, Cherasco, Cuneo, Italy “The Green Room”, Villa Strozzi, Firenze, Italy 2003 Pohjanmaan museo / Österbottens Museum, Vaasa, Finland “Still Life”, Palazzo Serbelloni, Milano, Italy 2002 "Ngjyrat e Mesdheut", National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania Palazzo Barberini, Roma, Italy 2001 “Below The Light”, Antibes Gallery, Antibes France Lenka Tresnak Gallery, Bruneck, South Tyrol, Italy 2000 “In transito”, Palazzo Congressi, Limone sul Garda, Italy ''Galleria Manini'', Curated by Paolo Levi, Torino, Italy 1999 ''Salle Municipale des Deux Frères", Roquebrune Cap Martin, France "Les couleurs du Sud", Galerie du Métropole, Principauté de Monaco 1998 Scaglia di Verrua’s Palace, 'Salon 3', Torino, Italy “Blu di Prussia”, Palazzo Scaglia di Verrua, Torino, Italy “Realismi”, Galleria La Lanterna, Moncalieri, Torino, Italy 1997 "Extraordinary Visions", Fundamentals of San Pietro, Porto Venere, Italy 1996 “Territori”, Ginko Biloba Gallery, Torino, Italy 1993 “Eureka”, Castello Ducale De Monti, Corigliano d'Otranto, Lecce, Italy GROUP COLLECTIONS: 2015 “TAXI”, Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria “TAXI”, Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Hungary "All About These... Ladies and Gentlemen", Temporary Gallery, Koln, Germany "New Contemporaries", Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo, China "Reflections from Albania", Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait City, Kuwait 2014 Arab Guggenheim Museum and White House Biennial, The Kennedy Bunker, Berlin, Germany 48th Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Art Cologne, Germany 2013 - 2014 "All About These... Ladies and Gentlemen”, Soma, Mexico City, Mexico / Viafarini, Milan, Italy / Co-Pilot, Pilot Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey / Studio Arte Gallery, Bucharest, Romania/ Other artists: Shadi Habib Allah, Rosa Barba, Fikret Atay, Ali Kazma, Adrian Paci, Anri Sala, Nick Zedd, Curator: Fani Zguro “Oltremare”, Ibrahim Kodra Foundation, Casa Museo Ibrahim Kodra, Milano, Italy 2013 Flash Art Event, Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milano, Italy 2012 13th International Architecture Venice Biennale, “In Heritage”, Albanian Pavilon, Palazzo Zorzi, Venezia, Italy “Make It Easy, Make It Porn”, Curator Fani Zguro. Gallery On The Move in collaboration with Isola Art Center. Isola Libri. Other artists: Kajsa Dahlberg, Regina José Galindo, Thomas Hirschhorn, Steve Piccolo, Pipilotti Rist, Anri Sala, Santiago Sierra, Dafna Maimon, Nick Zedd & Richard Kern. Milano, Italy Hosted in Athens BEST-OFF / Vlorë, Blightman Bofiliou / Berlin, Daily Lazy Projects / Athens, Greece Fild' altamarpollença, festival interdisciplinari ludic, Pollença Mallorca Illes Balleares, Spain Sala Gagliardi, Il Giardino Della Bellezza, Noto, Italy 2011 National Museum of Malta, Valletta, Malta National Museum of Romania, Cluj, Romania "A History Out of Context", Curator Alberto Zanchetta, Promenade Gallery, Vlorë, Albania 2010 Mobilnale 2, Tina B, Prague, Czech Republic Casa Masaccio, Contemporary Art, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy “Who Is Afraid of Red, Yellow and Green”, Promenade Gallery, Vlora, Albania “Lottery of the Sea”, Battaglie Gallery, Brescia, Italy “Sulle Tracce di Luca Giordano”, Villa Bruno, San Giorgio a Cremano, Italy "The Berlin Wall”, Petro Marko Theatre, Vlora, Albania 2009 Mulliqi Prize, Kosova National Gallery of Art, Prishtina, Kosova. Curated by Michele Robecchi (Phaidon London). Prague Biennale 4, Curators Helena Kontova and Giancarlo Politi, Prague, Czech Republic Venice Biennale - 53. Editions, “Krossing / Oltre I Confini Tra I Territori, Oltre I Confini Tra Artista e Spettatore”, Forte Marghera, Venezia, Italy 2008 “Lallazioni Lavabili Live 01 & Sconfinamenti”, Alexander Alvares Gallery, Alessandria, Italy 2007 National Gallery of Macedonia, Čifte Amam, Skopje, Macedonia Limonaia of Castle Museum, Limone sul Garda, Italy “Processo Grottesco”, Zenit Gallery, Tirana, Albania Luzzati Museum, Porta Siberi, Genova, Italy 2006 “Experiment in Terror”, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, 12th International Onufri Prize, Tirana, Albania Hippocampe Gallery, 'Still Song', Saint. Jean Cap Ferrat, France 2005 Sound Check, Collegio Fratelli Cairoli, Pavia, Italy Henry Bronne Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco 2004 Group Show, National Gallery of Arts, Curator Edi Muka, Tirana, Albania Mäster Olofsgården, Stockholm, Sweden Sabir Festival of Mediterranee, Scicli Ragusa, Italy The National Library, Firenze, Italy Palazzo Pallavicini, Mombaruzzo Asti, Italy 2003 “Albanie Collection Printemps Eternité”, Galerie Montaigne, Paris, France “Extraordinary Visions”, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy Palazzo Ceriana Mayneri, Torino, Italy Dieffe Gallery Contemporart Art, Torino, Italy NEUF Gallery, Dijon, France 2002 The Foundation Palazzo Bricherasio, Historical Rooms, Torino, Italy Auditorium del Massimo, Week of Albanian Culture, Rome, Italy Pohjanmaan museo/Österbottens Museum, Vaasa, Finland La Place Gallery, Calvisson, France 2001 “Amour Erotisme Pornographie”, ORigiNalgAlleRy, Nice, France Palazzo delle Azzarie, Savona, Italy 2000 Palazzo Bruno, Mondovì Piazza Cuneo, Italy Mark Peet Visser Gallery, Heusden, Netherlands Museo della Permanente, Milano, Italy Torre della Filande, Rivoli, Italy 1999 International Salon of Fine Art, Roquebrune Cap Martin, France Artissima International Fair of Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy Salon Monaco Artistes, Monte Carlo 1998 Artissima International Fair of Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy Mediateque St. Jean Cap Ferrat, France Henry Bronne Gallery, Monte Carlo “Presentation”, Victoria Gallery, Cannes, France 1997 Promotrice Belle Arti, Torino, Italy 1996 Hippocampe Gallery, St. Jean-Cap Ferrat, France Palazzo Scaglia di Verrua, Torino, Italy 1992 “Eureka”, Castello Ducale De Monti, Corigliano d'Otranto, Lecce, Italy 1988 City Gallery of Arts, Vlora, Albania POSTS HELD: 2015 Curator of "Reflections from Albania", Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait City, Kuwait 2014 Curator of Helidon Gjergji’s personal exhibition, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania Jury member at the National Competition for the Selection of the Logo commemorating the 70th Anniversary of Liberation, Tirana, Albania Jury member at PaMur Festival of Book and Art, Tirana, Albania Project Director at “Posters & Ideas”, Peter Poc’s exhibition, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania 2013 Now Director of the National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania Live Art, Albanian Contemporary Painting Competition. President of jury, coordinator and curator of the program, Tirana, Albania 2011 Team member in the project of downtown Tirana. Pedro Campos Costa Architecture Studio Lisbon Portugal 2010 Curators site specific ''The Berlin Wall'', Petro Marko Theatre and The Promenade Gallery. Vlorë, Albania 2009 Curators at Albania & Kosovo Pavilion, Prague Biennale 4, Prague, Czech Republic 2007 Project ''indipendent day'', in Vlorë, Albanian and Italian Young Artists, Albania 2005 Project Balkanica YBA, Site Specific Porto Venere, Italy 2004 Celestini and Adorno Palace, Artan Shabani, Fatos Kongoli, Liliana Qafa, Silvana Likursi. Lecce, Italy 2003 Curator project ''Contemporary Albanian Artist'', Bocconi University, Milan, Italy 2000 The pottery of Albisola, San Giorgio Laboratory Experimental Work Albisola, Italy 1998 Artan Shabani & Massimo Colella / Turin And its Province / Teatro & Altro Project, Turin, Italy